Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201491867 - Employee Is Injured When Struck by Lift Truck

Accident Summary Nr: 201491867 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 09/26/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310829254	02/18/2009	3089	326199	Kw Plastics Of California

Abstract: On September 26, 2008, Employee #1 was performing her normal work duties as a machine operator at KW Plastics. As she was walking across a production floor aisle at 10:50 a.m., she was struck by a palletized load on the forks of a Hyster Lift Truck. The lift truck operator was driving forward, with his vision obstructed by the load he was carrying. Employee #1 sustained injuries, apparently fractures, to her leg, arm, and hip. She was transported to Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, CA for treatment of her injuries and was hospitalized. The Kern County Fire Department but not the employer notified the Cal/OSHA Fresno District Office about the incident.

Keywords: FRACTURE, PALLETIZED CARGO, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PELVIS, STRUCK BY, ARM, HIP, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310829254			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Extruding and forming machine operators

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